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'March Madness' Beltway style
Mar 21, 2013
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament kicks off today, and there is big money at stake -- in office pools, of course, and in Washington, where the tournament is a gimmick for politicians raising campaign cash.
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Nation's capital gripped by 'sequester stress'
Feb 19, 2013
D.C. denizens turn to happy hours, cigarettes to cope with looming budget cuts.
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A smaller crowd in Washington as Obama begins second term
Jan 21, 2013
Four years after the largest presidential inauguration in history, President Obama's second term begins on a more subdued note.
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Notable firsts in inauguration history
Jan 18, 2013
Tradition and ritual play major roles on Inauguration Day. Here are some of the firsts, both quirky and significant, that have occurred throughout history.
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Government job cuts hurt wealthy, middle class and poor
Jan 18, 2013
Wealthy, poor and in-between residents tell us how shrinking government would affect their personal finances
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D.C. economy likely to see smaller inaugural bump
Jan 17, 2013
Obama's second inaugural is not expected to be the same windfall as the first.
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Marketplace's Guide to the Fiscal Cliff
Dec 31, 2012
Check out Marketplace’s explainers and decoders of the fiscal cliff. Find out what exactly could happen to your personal budget -- and learn how we got to this point.
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Time for Plan C? Fiscal cliff solution stalls
Dec 21, 2012
It was called "Plan B" -- a way to avoid some of the tax increases that are part of the fiscal cliff without putting together a
broad bipartisan deal before the New Year.
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Corporate tax reform could help avoid fiscal cliff
Dec 12, 2012
President Obama and House speaker John Boehner are still tussling over the details of any fiscal cliff deal. But the Wall Street Journal reports that, now corporate tax rates have entered the discussion.
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Senator Kent Conrad on the fiscal cliff
Dec 10, 2012
The chair of the Senate Budget Committee explains why he thinks we'll reach a fiscal cliff deal before the end of 2012.
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